Linemen, cops, our troops: all good men and women-- and there's no point in hating (or refusing to acknowledge) any one of them because you feel that one particular group is underrepresented compared to the others or in the media or in peoples' minds and hearts. Simply put, they're all underappreciated. Yes perhaps, some are appreciated less than others. But I'm not going to let that stop me from recognizing the sacrifices that anybody makes. And on that note: God bless the troops, the linemen, the cops, and everybody who makes sacrifices for good and the welfare of others.
It's amazing to me that ANYONE would assume that, by posting this one story about one police officer, other heroes in other lines of work or service are being discredited. It's just mind-boggling to me the offendedness that some people seek out.
I am an appreciator of all who are in heroic lines of service.